Cadet Creek

{{Short description|Stream in the U.S. state of Missouri}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

Cadet Creek is a stream in northwestern Osage County in the U.S. state of Missouri.{{GNIS|715179}} It is a tributary of the Osage River.

The stream headwaters arise in northwest Osage County at {{coord|38|32|46|N|91|58|46|W|display=inline}} and an elevation of about {{convert|690|ft|abbr=on}}. The stream flows southwest and west to its confluence with the Osage at {{coord|38|32|05|N|92|01|38|W|display=inline,title}} at an elevation of {{convert|518|ft|abbr=on}}.Loose Creek. Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1975Osage City, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1967 The confluence is about 1.5 miles south of Osage City.

Cadet Creek has the name of the local Cadet family.{{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_osage.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071217/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_osage.html | archivedate = June 24, 2016 | url-status = live | title=Osage County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate= November 26, 2016}}